[bksvol-discuss] Re: opinions on blank pages wanted
- From: "Gerald Hovas" <geraldhovas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 18:49:10 -0600
Blank lines are meaningful to the Bookshare tools, but at some point it's
possible that additional blank lines are being discarded. They may be lost
when the file is converted to the intermediate file format (possibly XML)
which is used to create both the DAISY and BRF books.
The reason I say blank lines aren't meaningless is because of what I have
noticed happening in the HTML file which can be unpacked along with the
DAISY files.
Here is an example of a page from the first book I submitted which does not
have blank lines at the top and bottom. The text comes from the bottom of
page 9 and the top of page 10. As you can see, I stripped the header. All
of the headers came out garbled because, from what my Wife said, they were
in a smaller, thinner font and printed in green.
----------
like a freight train, and somebody in it talkin? on a phone.?
9
[Page Break]
She turned to the small crowd that had rushed out of the Main
----------
Now, here is the same text in the HTML file.
----------
like a freight train, and somebody in it talkin' on a phone.?
10 She turned to the small crowd that had rushed out of the Main
----------
The Stripper recognized the page number for page 10 properly, but when the
page number in the tag was added back to page 10 in the HTML file, it was
attached to the front of the first paragraph on that page.
Now here's an example from the second book I submitted which had a blank
line at the top and bottom of the page. As you can see, I've stripped the
header again.
----------
and the word spreading through the Grill like so much
11
[Page Break]
wildfire, and spilling out the door and up Main Street
----------
Now here's that same text from the HTML file.
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and the word spreading through the Grill like so much
12
wildfire, and spilling out the door and up Main Street
----------
This time the page number from the DAISY tag was placed on a line by itself
rather than attaching it to the first paragraph. Again you can see that the
page number is moved to the top of the page because of the way the tools
process page numbers.
Granted two examples aren't much evidence to go on, especially when someone
else validated the two books, but I've seen the problem with page numbers in
many HTML files, and none of the books I've worked on have this problem
other than my first book which doesn't contain a blank line at the top and
bottom of each page. Unless someone can provide an example where not having
the blank line at the top and bottom of the page doesn't cause the error,
I'll continue to believe that the lack of the blank lines is the reason for
the page number bug.
Gerald
-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Sarah Van
Oosterwijck
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 3:53 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: opinions on blank pages wanted
Blank lines are meaningless to the bookshare system. You could put 0 blank
lines before and after the page number or dozens and the system would view
it the same way. The first and last lines on a page are considered
possible headers or footers no matter their placement.
A header is the first single line of text on a page followed by a blank
line.
A footer is the last single line of text on a page when it is preceded by a
blank line.
The number of blank lines before a header or after a footer don't matter.
The header or footer is stripped if (1) it is a page number, (2) it is text
that repeats on several other pages.
Page numbers currently only appear in DAISY books when read with the right
software, but in the future, BookShare has informed this list, that will
most likely change. They have indicated that they want to improve access
so that braille readers and users of other software might see the page
numbers as well. We just don't know when or how this will be accomplished.
I have started working on a tip about this, but I am always trying to be
too thorough, and I try to write in a way that won't confuse. The result
is that I am very slow.
Sarah Van Oosterwijck
Assistive Technology Trainer
http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 2:53 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: opinions on blank pages wanted
> Pratik,
>
> Is there any danger that by having the page number on
> the new line right after the page break that it will
> be deleted by the stripper? I've been leaving a blank
> line before and after my page numbers, whether they
> appear on the top or the bottom of the page--likewise,
> before the page's text. IS this not necessary?
>
> Cindy
>
>>
>> At the top of the blank page write the pae nmber and
>> press enter twice. So
>> your page would appears as follows.
>>
>> Page break
>> page number
>> new line
>> new line
>> page break
>>
>> This will allow the pagination to continue.
>>
>> Pratik
>>
>>
>>
>> Pratik Patel
>> Director, CUNY Assistive Technology Services (CATS)
>> The City University of New York
>> pratik.patel@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>>
>> _____
>>
>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Estelnalissi
>> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 11:46 PM
>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] opinions on blank pages
>> wanted
>>
>>
>> ~Hello Everyone,
>>
>> Sometimes in the book I'm validating there's a blank
>> page after a chapter.
>> Page breaks are there one just below the other. I've
>> been placing a blank
>> line under the page break, writing, blank page on
>> the second line and
>> leaving another blank line beneath. I thought the
>> stripper might delete my 2
>> words.
>>
>> The other question is whether you think I should
>> write a page number on the
>> page. That's an oxymoron if ever there was one,
>> because the blank page would
>> now contain the words blank page and after a skipped
>> line, a page number.
>> Some blank, huh?
>>
>> In the book, that blank doesn't have a printed
>> number, but it has been taken
>> in to account on the following page where the
>> chapter begins. for example,
>> last page of chapter is 80, blank page, first page
>> of next chapter is 82.
>>
>> I'm asking because I have this bleary notion we're
>> supposed to account for
>> all pages. I'm afraid if I don't write a notice
>> that there's a blank page
>> and assign it's number, the uploading program might
>> think I've left pages
>> missing.
>>
>> Is that extra page break enough to account for the
>> blank page?
>>
>> I've been using my judgment on this detail, but
>> wonder what the rest of you
>> do or if there's a right way to process these blank
>> pages.
>>
>> Thank you in advance.
>>
>> Always With Love,
>>
>> Lissi
>>
>
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